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Fíorghael - Irish Language Film Festival
Manchester Irish Language Group together with the Manchester branch of Conradh na Gaeilge are holding the first ever irish language film festival in Manchester from 29th september - 6th october 2007.
Programme
• Saturday 29th september
Venue: The Cornerhouse
Time: 10.30am-12.45pm
Yu Ming is Ainm Dom & Poitin
Films followed by discussion on the theme of language and heritage featuring the Donegal author
Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair.
• Tuesday 2nd october
Venue: St Kent's irish club
Time: 9.00pm
Fillean an Feall
• Wednesday 3rd october
Venue: Cheetham Hill irish club
Time: 9.00pm
Tubberware
• Saturday 6th october
Venue: Briton's Protection
Time: 8.00pm - 11.00pm
Club Cuideachta - live traditional music and discussion in irish.
All films will be subtitled in english.
Films
• Poitin
Director: Bob Quinn, 1977, 65 mins.
Featuring: Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann and Niall Toibin.
The first full length feature film to be made in irish. Poitin shows a dark side to rural irish life
previously unportrayed by Hollywood.
• Yu Ming is ainm dom
Director: Daniel O’Hara, 2003, 14 mins
Featuring: Frank Kelly, Daniel Wu.
A young Chinese man learns to speak Irish, but on visiting Ireland is perplexed that he can't be understood
- a thought provoking and funny tale!
• Fillean an Feall
Director: Frankie McCafferty, 2000, 24 mins.
Featuring: Cillian Murphy, Áine Ní Mhuirlí.
Two petty criminals from Dublin find themselves out of the city on a job that requires
them to speak only in Irish.
• Tubberware
Director: Paul Mercier, 2001, 20 mins.
Featuring: Liam Carney, David Herlihy, Dawn Bradfield, Cathy Belton.
Tubberware looks at an another day in the life of an Irish-speaking district in the heart of Connemara.
Venues
• The Cornerhouse cinema
Oxford road (near Oxford rd Stn), Manchester city centre.
• St Kentigern's social club
Hart Road, Wilbraham Road, Fallowfield.
• Cheetham Hill irish club
Queens Road, Cheetham Hill.
• Briton's Protection pub
Gt Bridgewater Street (near GMEX), Manchester city centre.